Archive for the Category "Africa"
Cape Town shines in the shadow of 3,563-foot (1,086-meter) Table Mountain.
What’s not to love about Cape Town? From iconic Table Mountain, several hundred million years in the making, to the hip watering holes of Camps Bay, South Africa’s “Mother City†is the brightest light in the reborn rainbow nation. more…
Togo is probably one of the nicest places in Western Africa. Roads are pretty good, distances small, beaches sandy and white, people friendly, hills and mountains waiting to be explored.
What else do you need? The capital city, Lomé is an excellent place to start your trip. Lots of daytrips can be made to Togoville on the borders of Lake Togo or Aneho. When you go north Kpalime and its beautiful hilly surroundings deserve a visit; trekking and hiking in the area is wonderful. more…
In the local dialect the word Namib means vastness. But the openness which confronts you here makes the word ‘vast’ seem small and insignificant.
Endless miles seem to stretch on and on covered with the orange sand dunes prevalent here. The perception that people get from this place ranges from that of plain disbelief at the emptiness to the stillness and quietness. The Namib Desert seems to convey a sense of solitude and timelessness which cannot be expressed in words. more…
There are many things to do in Cape Town and the nearby areas to keep vacationers entertained throughout a South Africa vacation, from the local attractions to the mountain summits.
Travelers of all ages will find plenty to keep them busy, and there are numerous Cape Town activities for kids, including visits to the aquarium, exploratorium, and the maritime museum, which has interactive displays and artifacts about early explorers at the Cape of Good Hope. more…
Porto Novo is the capital city and one of the most interesting towns in Benin. It has a number of buildings dating from the period when the Portuguese used it as a base for buying slaves which were shipped off to the New World.
Other sights in town include the Musee Ethnographique which retraces the history of Porto Novo and has a good collection of Yoruba masks, the Palais Royal of King Toffa now a museum which gives you a good impression of how African royalty lived before Colonial times. more…
Taking its name from the Maasai phrase, “Enkare Nyirobi”, which means “the place of cool waters”, Nairobi is Kenya’s largest city, and it is also its capital. Nairobi Kenya is simply one of the most attractive African cities you’ll find. It is the largest city in all of East Africa, and there isn’t a larger metropolis between Egypt’s Cairo and South Africa’s Johannesburg.
Visitors to Nairobi will certainly not want for things to do, as this city is ideally situated for fun Kenya tours and excursions of many different kinds. Also, should they be up for exploring the city’s culinary scene, those on a Nairobi vacation will enjoy some of the best restaurants in all of Kenya . more…
As you fly into to Cairo, Egypt one will be left speechless as they look out the window and see the contrast of the setting. Out one side of the plane, you can see the vast arid desert which seems to be never ending; out the other side of the plane you see a busy city which looks like a modern day Oasis.
Travelers from all over the world have been marveling at Egypt ‘s wondrous antiquities for thousands of years. Although these antiquities still exist today, a visit to Cairo , Egypt is more than an immersion into the past but also encompasses many modern day amenities which anyone will be sure to enjoy. more…